Torquay store robbed at knifepoint

POLICE are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store at Torquay today.

At approximately 3.30pm a 55-year-old female employee of a Cypress Street store attended the front counter when a woman demanded money while wielding a knife.

The employee complied with the demand and the woman left the business with a sum of cash, and entered a small green car. The car left in an unknown direction.

The woman is described as approximately 160cm tall, of a slim build, approximately 18-years-old, wearing a grey hooded jumper with black writing on the front, black skivvy pulled over her face and dark coloured trousers.

Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day.